EP. 259: Exploring the Heart of ADHD Women An Interview of Tracy Otsuka by Dr. Christine Li

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This is going to be a very different episode than anything we've ever done here. I have invited my good friend, Dr. Christine Lee, to the podcast to interview me about my new book, ADHD for SMART ASS WOMEN. Christine is a procrastination coach, a seasoned clinical psychologist, and was the first ever guest on my podcast, which makes her the perfect person to help me reflect back on how far we’ve come and what I’m hoping for this book. Christine and I discuss my relationship with control and how that played out during the writing process, why writing this book has been both the most challenging and one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, what we have to gain when we push ourselves past our comfort zones, and the lessons I hope ADHD women will take away from my work. I have spent two and a half years pouring myself into this book and I’m so delighted to finally share it with you, our wonderful listeners, who reminded me why I was writing it every step of the way. Resources:

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0:00.0	It is interesting how we can get stuck looking at our
0:06.8	insufficiency, but I try to help people to really refocus on possibilities, on potential, on the strengths as you do.
0:17.6	Sometimes we think, oh, it would be better to hide out while I sort all this stuff through.
0:25.0	But we're missing so many brains in our communities.
0:30.0	We're missing so many wonderful voices.
0:32.0	We're missing so many wonderful voices. We're missing so much talent when we have a whole
0:36.1	section of our population hiding out, fearing that they're going to be found out when really
0:41.9	we're all brilliant minds. We are all so gifted. Richard Branson, Michael Phelps, Justin Timberlake, James Carville.
0:57.0	Wait a minute.
1:00.0	Where are the women?
1:07.0	Greta Gerwig, Lisa Ling, Audrey McDonald, Simone Biles.
1:11.0	That sounds like a list of highly successful Titans in a variety of industries.
1:16.6	They all have ADHD, but you don't hear much about that now, do you?
1:21.2	You know what else you don't hear about are the 43% of people with ADHD who are
1:26.4	in excellent mental health why aren't we talking about them and what they're doing
1:31.6	right I'm your host Tracy Edsuka and that's a about them and what they're doing right.
1:32.8	I'm your host Tracy Asuka and that's exactly what we do here.
1:37.5	I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student,
1:40.9	and now the author of my new book ADHD for smart-ass women. I'm also a
1:45.8	certified ADHD coach and the creator of your ADHD brain is A-O-K. A patented
1:52.2	system that helps ADHD women just like you get unstuck and
1:56.4	fall in love with their brilliant brains. Here we embrace our too muchness and we focus on our strengths.
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